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    My personal experiance

    posted by  John Lovejoy in Germany forum 

    @ Partric Esso
    I can very much relate to your account.
    When I was in Bremen on the City Tram, an African gentleman got up from his seat and offered it to an old German lady so she would not have to stand.
    She spat at him…. right on his chest.
    And yelled in German that she doesn’t need it and especially not from someone like him.
    “ ….Und schon gar nicht von so was wie du, phui”
    I could not believe what I saw.
    She continued to stomp and mutter insults at him whilst he put his head down and sat back down on his seat.
    He did not defend himself and just took it.

    What bothered me more were the good 20 -30 people fully aware of what was going on and pretending not to see or just looking on.
    I could not stand it….
    And shouted at all of them ( not rudely just loud enough so that they could clearly hear me) .
    “Shame on all of you for watching and saying nothing.
    She (the old lady) is a lost cause and can’t help herself but all of you should know different”
    They all stood there like sullen offended Zombies.
    The whole scene was just awful.
    You have to see it to believe it.

    When I have to go to a government office or bank for something important, I often ask one of my German friends to come with me.
    Wearing a suit and speaking Hoch Deutsch is best.
    -No snide little remarks
    -No giving me the runaround
    -No indignant offended attitude.
    -No arrogance
    -It’s all smiles and helpfulness ….saves you so much trouble.
    Of course not everybody is like that, but I am tired of playing lottery hoping to get to deal with a normal person.
    It should not be question of getting lucky.

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